"He showed up at the All-Star Day (two days before the first game) saying he fell off a skateboard, and holding his wrist," Osorio recalled. "He couldn't pitch and just played one inning in the first game."

Not to worry. Andrew Schwartz fired a five-inning, 12-0 shutout against Tri-Cities on June 26. Two days later, Patrick Crowley shared the mound duties with A.J. Puziol in a 7-4 triumph over Sunnyvale Metro.

Kamradt was ready to go against a tough Santa Clara Westside team in a winners bracket semifinal on June 30. He responded with a six-inning shutout, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out seven.

Serra managed just two hits off Westside pitcher Colton Goularte, but one of the hits figured in the game's lone run.

Schwartz doubled in the fourth, advanced to third when Puziol smacked a hard ground ball to first. Trying to get Schwartz at third, the first baseman threw the ball away and Schwartz hurried home.

Kamradt issued his only walk to Westside's first batter in the bottom of the sixth. A sacrifice bunt and a ground out moved the runner to third, but Kamradt struck out the next batter to end the game.

A key play occurred in the first inning when Puziol, playing catcher, grabbed a popped up bunt and threw to first before the runner could return to the bag—double play!

Second baseman Danny Todd also made three "great plays," Osorio said. Serra did not commit an error in its first three games.

Schwartz and Puziol both homered against Tri-Cities. Puziol had seven hits in the three games, including three against Metro. Puziol's third hit drove in James Osorio with the decisive run in the last of the fifth. Kamradt followed with a two-run homer.

Metro had tied the game 4-4 on Sho Kitamura's two-run single in the fourth. Kitamura and teammate Nick Marcellini had two hits apiece.

Other Serra all-stars are Joe Crosariol, Sean Lawson, Justin Matsuura, Devin Ramsour, Nick Utley and Joey Whitworth. Jeff Osorio is aided by coaches Dave Puziol and Paul Lawson.

Sunnyvale Southern defeated Sunnyvale National 4-3 in an elimination bracket game on June 28.

National jumped to a 3-0 first inning lead. After Emmett Jackson and Lawrence Aragon both put down perfect bunts to start the game, Jackson raced home from second on a throwing error. Loleti Mapa then lined a single, driving in Aragon. Mapa later scored on a ground out.

Southern tied the game in the bottom of the third. With one out and Darrin Ustaris, Mikkie Lowthan and Brandon Powers all on base, consecutive singles by Joey Austin, Philip Maksim and Marcus Boucher tied the score at 3-3.

Southern scored the winning run in the fourth when Lowthan singled home Riley Cressler, who had been hit by a pitch and reached third on two wild pitches.

Other Southern players were Jared Nishimoto, Alex Jones, John Batincich and Chris Latini. The manager was Roger Knapp and the coaches were Sandy Marshall and Ron Duell.

Southern, which had lost its opener 6-1 to Campbell, was eliminated by Mountain View with a tough 5-4 defeat.

National lost its opener 5-2 to Westside. Connor Nowlin had two hits and scored a run for National. Teammate Nick Fernandez added a double.

9-10 all-stars

Sunnyvale National scored three times in the bottom of the first and held on to nip Mountain View 3-2 in a District 44 elimination game on July 1. Jeff Amaral singled home Tony Buranzon and Adam Verbrugge, then scored on Dylan Camargo's hit.

It was good that they scored when they did, because Mountain View relief pitcher Colton Bellandi did not allow a base runner. He posted the first of his seven strikeouts to end the first inning and retired all 13 batters he faced.

Buranzon, who went the distance for National, was up to the challenge. After giving up solo runs in the first and third innings, he pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way. He survived a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the sixth by striking out the final two batters.

National, led by manager Ernie Cabral and coaches Steve Flores and Jeff Amaral, opened the tourney with a 4-3 win over Santa Clara Homestead. After a 7-0 setback against Tri-Cities, National dumped Southern 11-3.

Other Sunnyvale National all-stars are Brian Guitterrez, DiMitri Castro, Buzz Gallagher, Peter Le, Trae Weiniger, Mick Aragon, Jake Collins and Justin Rajah.

In another game, Tri Cities dumped Sunnyvale Metro 13-8

A four-run third inning put Tri-Cities ahead 7-5, but Metro regained the lead 8-7 with three runs in the fifth. Peter Lavery, Kevin Zhang and Alexander Kwiatkowski all drove in runs during the rally.

Zhang and Tyler Fastenau paced Metro's offense with three hits apiece. Jason McCrorie and Kwiatkowski had two each.